Quinton

Quinton (Fr.) [Lat. quinta vox, fifth voice], 1. Fr. 17th-c. syn. for the 5-stringed *pardessus de viole, according to Jean Rousseau (Traité de la viole, 1687), tuned g0 c1 e1 a1 d2; 2. a late-18th-c. hybrid of viol and violin, with 5 strings, violin body except for sloping shoulders, with fretted viol neck, about the size of a violin, and tuned g0 d1 a1 d2 g2